. Art in France. nd French art,crossing the Rhine as in Gothic times, conquered Germany. ButNancy boasts the finest example of the Louis XV style; the goodking Stanislas possessed but one attribute of royalty—the faculty ofbuilding; side by sidewith mediaeval Nancy,he created a new town,of squares and prome-nades, triumphal arches,galleries, fountains, irongates, an attractive archi-tecture of pretty, uselessthings, which arrest thetraveller that he may stopand admire them (Figs. 632-634, 636). The kings architect, Here, wasa worthy rival of Gabriel, who framed his wide windows withmajestic pi
. Art in France. nd French art,crossing the Rhine as in Gothic times, conquered Germany. ButNancy boasts the finest example of the Louis XV style; the goodking Stanislas possessed but one attribute of royalty—the faculty ofbuilding; side by sidewith mediaeval Nancy,he created a new town,of squares and prome-nades, triumphal arches,galleries, fountains, irongates, an attractive archi-tecture of pretty, uselessthings, which arrest thetraveller that he may stopand admire them (Figs. 632-634, 636). The kings architect, Here, wasa worthy rival of Gabriel, who framed his wide windows withmajestic pilasters. But the Rococo of Nancy is less serious than the Classicism of Paris; theRococo ornament whichin Paris was reserved forinternal decoration breaksout upon the fagades ofNancy. Some tempestseems to have carried offand dispersed the fleecyclouds and flutteringCupids of Bouchers ceil-ings. We find these livelylittle people perchedFIG. 030.—PALAIS UE LA llgion uhonnecr, PARIS, evcrywhcrc, on the balus- 2%. PEYRdl, AT I 1) k.
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